Ibook will not recognize printer on my office network.

I have an Ibook G4 and it will not recognize the Brother printer at my office. We use a wireless network to access the internet and our printers. I went to the Brother website and downloaded the current drivers and am able to find them in the option menu when i was attempting to set up a printer. When i choose them i get an error message and my compute will not recognize the printer. I even entered my router IP address just to try and it recognized that and move the printer into my option box, but it did not allow me to print, told me it was on hold and would retry in 30 seconds. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Apple care will not help me with this issue. Any advice would be a great help.

Henry,
The model is a Brother HL-517odn and we are a small office with wireless internet. We all print to the same office printer through a wireless connection. There is a main PC that has to be turned on for our printer to work. Im not sure if this helps any.
Any help you can give is greatly appreciated

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